Van Winkle P, Angiolillo A, Krailo M, Cheung YK, Anderson B, Davenport V, Reaman G, Cairo MS. Ifosfamide, carboplatin, and etoposide (ICE) reinduction chemotherapy in a large cohort of children and adolescents with recurrent/refractory sarcoma: the Children's Cancer Group (CCG) experience.
Pediatr Blood Cancer 2005;
44:338-47. [PMID:
15503297 DOI:
10.1002/pbc.20227]
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Abstract
BACKGROUND
The prognosis for children with recurrent/refractory sarcomas is poor. We determined the overall response rate (ORR) and overall survival (OS) of children with recurrent/refractory sarcomas who were given ifosfamide, carboplatin, and etoposide (ICE) in three Children's Cancer Group (CCG) phase I/II trials.
PROCEDURE
Children with recurrent/refractory sarcoma were treated with ifosfamide (1,800 mg/m2/day on day 0-4), carboplatin (400 mg/m2/day on day 0-1), etoposide (100 mg/m2/day on day 0-4) and either rhG-CSF (10 microg/kg/day vs. 5 microg/kg/day, CCG-0894, 71 patients), PIXY321 (500-1,000 microg/m2/day, CCG-0924, 14 patients), or rhG-CSF (5 microg/kg/day) and IL-6 (2.5-5 microg/kg/day, CCG-0931, 12 patients).
RESULTS
Ninety-seven patients were evaluable for tumor response, 56 male and 41 female, median age 14.1 years (range 2.8-22.5 years). Tumor types were osteosarcoma (OTS) (n = 34), rhabdomyosarcoma (n = 27), Ewing sarcoma (EWS) (n = 21), soft tissue sarcoma-not otherwise specified (n = 5), undifferentiated sarcoma (n = 6), fibrosarcoma (n = 2), peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumor (n = 1), and extraosseous Ewing (n = 1). The ORR was 51% (27% complete response [CR]). OS at 1 and 2 years was 49% and 28%, respectively. Patients with CR or partial response (PR) had significantly increased 1- and 2-year OS, 71% and 41%, respectively, (P < 0.001). Rhabdomyosarcoma patients with embryonal histology had significant improvement in 1- and 2-year OS: 82% and 46%, respectively, compared with other histologies, (P < 0.005).
CONCLUSIONS
The ORR to ICE reinduction chemotherapy in children with recurrent/refractory sarcoma was 51%. OS of 1 and 2 years appeared significantly improved in patients who had CR or PR following ICE reinduction therapy or who had rhabdomyosarcoma with embryonal histology.
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